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The author comments on executive remuneration in Australia. According to the author, the $50,000,000 payout to outgoing Macquarie boss Allan Moss reminds him of the $13,000,000 payout given to AMP boss George Trumbull. He claims that the level of executive pay in Australia is not a...

The article discusses various reports published within the January 2006 issue of the periodical "Across the Board," including one by Ira Kay on the application of the pay-for-performance model on the wage of a CEO.

Offers advice for companies on avoiding disallowances for unreasonable compensation to executives during a tax audit. Features of the report by William M. Mercer Inc. showing that unreasonable compensation is one of the most frequent disallowances during a tax audit; Gathering compensation data...

Discusses executive compensation in large industrial corporations in the United States. Uproar over executive compensation; Economic background of the process of negotiating executive compensation; Costs of non-owner managers; Imperfections in the market for chief executives; Courts' reaction...

Discusses a study conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting in 2005, which revealed the excessive compensation packages received by human resource (HR) executives in Great Britain compared with other countries. Comparison of bonus received by HR executives between Great Britain and the...

Editorial. Focuses on executive compensation in the U.S. by citing the remarks of Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William J. McDonough on excessive compensation. Comparison of pay in the 1980s and in 2002; Appeal to companies.

The author looks into the exorbitant compensation given to financial executives in the U.S. He cited the cases of E. Stanley O'Neal, former chair and chief executive at Merrill Lynch, Charles O. Prince III, former chief executive and chair at Citigroup, and Angelo Mozillo, the founder and chief...

Deals with the auditing of compensations received by executives in the U.S. Factors which hindered the implementation of executive compensation audit initiatives; Impact of allegations that executives received excessive compensation; Dimensions that can be focused by an executive compensation...